Favorite Films
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- DirectorFlorian Henckel von DonnersmarckStarsUlrich MüheMartina GedeckSebastian KochIn 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.Fantastic film. The grey, bleak atmosphere created in this movie is incredible, it really takes you to 1980's Eastern Germany. The plot drew me in from the first time I saw it and still gripped me tight on later viewings. I can't see this film being knocked off as my favorite anytime soon. Please God don't let them remake this movie, I wouldn't even watch it but it would make me so unhappy to hear the American version get talked about rather than this near perfect gem.
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJohn TravoltaUma ThurmanSamuel L. JacksonThe lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.Just love this movie. The dialogue is crisp and witty, just love everything about it really. I'm not even a huge Tarantino fan in general, but I really love PF. I didn't really get all the hype behind it the first time I watched it, but it really sank in the next day and I had to re-watch it.
- DirectorNa Hong-jinStarsKim Yoon-seokHa Jung-wooSeo Yeong-hieA disgraced ex-policeman who runs a small ring of prostitutes finds himself in a race against time when one of his women goes missing.I don't know what to say about this movie. I picked it off of the free Sundance On-Demand channel and wow. I didn't know what to think going into it but after I watched it I was just stunned and didn't move until the credits ended. A fantastically disturbing film.
- DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoKim Sang-kyungKim Roe-haIn a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.Another great Korean movie. I know a lot of people have Oldboy as their favorite Korean movie, or even overall favorite, but I just found these two films to be better than Oldboy. I'm sure many will disagree with me but I just loved these two.
- DirectorGötz SpielmannStarsJohannes KrischIrina PotapenkoAndreas LustEx-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.Didn't really know what to expect from this one. Beautiful landscapes throughout the movie. Just a great film that I happened upon.
- DirectorPeter FarrellyBobby FarrellyStarsJim CarreyJeff DanielsLauren HollyAfter a woman leaves a briefcase at the airport terminal, a dumb limo driver and his dumber friend set out on a hilarious cross-country road trip to Aspen to return it.My favorite comedy. Always will be. I saw this movie when I was like 12 and really only got the gags and potty humor. When I watched it later I realized it was actually a smart comedy and got all the subtleties of it, which made it even better.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMalcolm McDowellPatrick MageeMichael BatesIn the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.I would almost classify this one as a comedy before Alex gets taken in. The dialogue is just hilarious. I watched this one a little early before I could understand it, and when I watched it later I just loved the dialogue and the way characters talked.
- DirectorMichael MannStarsTom CruiseJamie FoxxJada Pinkett SmithA cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles.I didn't honestly expect much from this film. I saw Jamie Foxx and Tom Cruise and thought it was going to be a mediocre, nothing special mainstream movie, but I really loved it.
- DirectorMathieu KassovitzStarsVincent CasselHubert KoundéSaïd Taghmaoui24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot.This, like Pulp Fiction, took some time to sink in. I didn't know what to think after it ended but the next day I realized how much I loved the film.
- DirectorMartin McDonaghStarsColin FarrellBrendan GleesonCiarán HindsAfter a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.Great dark comedy. Bruges is a beautiful city and was depicted as such in the film. Loved it after I saw it.
- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsEwan McGregorEwen BremnerJonny Lee MillerRenton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of drugs and the influence of friends.I kept hearing about this movie on Requiem for a Dream threads, so I went into it expecting another Requiem type film. It was nothing of the sort and I was surprised when it was over how much I liked it.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsNaomi WattsLaura HarringJustin TherouxAfter a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.My introduction to David Lynch. I loved the mood this film set, it was all so dreamy and surreal.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsNaomi WattsViggo MortensenArmin Mueller-StahlA teenager who dies during childbirth leaves clues in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.I saw A History of Violence before Eastern Promises and was a little let down. I enjoyed it, but thought it was a little overrated. I thought Eastern Promises to be the superior film.
- DirectorFernando MeirellesKátia LundStarsAlexandre RodriguesLeandro FirminoMatheus NachtergaeleIn the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.My first real foreign film that I loved.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittEdward NortonMeat LoafAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.
- DirectorShira GeffenEtgar KeretStarsSarah AdlerNikol LeidmanGera SandlerMeduzot (the Hebrew word for Jellyfish) tells the story of three very different Israeli women living in Tel Aviv whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Batya, a catering waitress, takes in a young child apparently abandoned at a local beach. Batya is one of the servers at the wedding reception of Keren, a young bride who breaks her leg in trying to escape from a locked toilet stall, which ruins her chance at a romantic honeymoon in the Caribbean. One of the guests is Joy, a Philippine chore woman attending the event with her employer, and who doesn't speak any Hebrew (she communicates mainly in English), and who is guilt-ridden after having left her young son behind in the Philippines.I saw this on the Sundance channel. Really a nice little movie.
- DirectorAmy RedfordStarsSaffron BurrowsIsaach De BankoléPaz de la HuertaThe life of a woman is transformed after she is diagnosed with a terminal disease, fired from her job and abandoned by her boyfriend. Given two months to live, she throws caution to the wind to pursue her dreams.I don't know why I like this film so much. Maybe since I play the guitar I enjoy a naked woman playing the guitar more than the average person. I can't say for sure, but I sure did like the film.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsMorgan FreemanBrad PittKevin SpaceyTwo detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.This movie has serious rewatchability (is that even a word? haha) for me. I don't know what it is about it but I just love watching it.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsJake GyllenhaalRobert Downey Jr.Mark RuffaloBetween 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.Good film.
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsNatalie PortmanMila KunisVincent CasselNina is a talented but unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her artistic director and a seductive rival, Nina's grip on reality slips, plunging her into a waking nightmare.Saw this in the theater and it was a great experience.
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsEllen BurstynJared LetoJennifer ConnellyThe drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep..I finished this film and just sat in silence for a while after it finished. I haven't been in the mood since to watch it again. Haha that may sound like I hate it but it is just a tough film to watch.
- DirectorMichael CiminoStarsRobert De NiroChristopher WalkenJohn CazaleAn in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania.Another movie I watched first when I was too young but viewed again later on and loved.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsSean PennTim RobbinsKevin BaconThe tragic murder of a 19-year-old girl reunites three childhood friends still living in Boston--the victim's gangster father, a detective, and the disturbed man they both suspect of killing her.I heard good and bad things about this one before I saw it. I really enjoyed it.